What Were Interrupts in Magic? Rules & History
If youโre like me and started playing Magic after 1999, you probably just thought that “interrupt” was the old word for instant. Well, it’s not. Let’s talk about that!
Read moreIf youโre like me and started playing Magic after 1999, you probably just thought that “interrupt” was the old word for instant. Well, it’s not. Let’s talk about that!
Read moreOne of my favorite mechanics from the Amonkhet block came about in Hour of Devastation: eternalize. If that doesnโt sound awesome, I donโt know what does.
Read moreBlack was one of my favorite colors and to this day Iโm pretty sure it has to do with two things: Phyrexians and [REPLACE CARD]Fear[/REPLACE], both the card itself and the ability that spawned from it. But what is the โfearโ mechanic? Letโs take...
Read more2021 is Magicโs 28th birthday, and thereโs a good chance you donโt know much (or even anything) about the โanteโ rule if you started playing any time in the last 25 years. Itโs said that when Richard Garfield first created the game, he intended...
Read moreAs all MTG players know, you โtapโ your lands to cast your spells and โtapโ your creatures to attack your opponent. Lands and creatures that havenโt yet been tapped are โuntapped.โ Though such lingo is likely second nature to everyone with me...
Read moreWhat Magic player doesnโt love casting instant and sorcery spells? Some of Magicโs sweetest cards have been powerful instants and sorceries, whether you like ramping, burning out your opponent, countering spells, or blowing up the world, there...
Read moreYou may have heard the โStorm Scaleโ referenced either by players speculating about future sets or by Wizards staff when talking about upcoming sets. Unless you actively search out and read Blogatog or other official write-ups, you may have only...
Read moreI was playing Standard with rogues vs Gruul aggro on Arena the other day. I had the board controlled and my opponent had no creatures and no hand, just a [REPLACE CARD]Vivien, Monsters' Advocate[/REPLACE] on the battlefield. It activated its -2...
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